Pwllheli - seaside postmodernism
Ty'r Bont, which the Pevsner Guide to Gwynedd notes was reputed (in 1982) to be the first postmodern classical house in Wales. The guide is unimpressed, describing it as "tired and dated, the fate of most PoMo buildings".
To me it looks bright and lively - infinitely more so than almost every modern building along the seafront. I found an older picture of the house on flickr, which shows that the glazing of the big central window (lighting a double-height space) has been replaced and slightly simplified, but the sense of a sunburst is still very strong. What you can't tell from this picture is that the arch at the top of that window echoes a vaulted space inside.
Pwllheli - seaside postmodernism
Ty'r Bont, which the Pevsner Guide to Gwynedd notes was reputed (in 1982) to be the first postmodern classical house in Wales. The guide is unimpressed, describing it as "tired and dated, the fate of most PoMo buildings".
To me it looks bright and lively - infinitely more so than almost every modern building along the seafront. I found an older picture of the house on flickr, which shows that the glazing of the big central window (lighting a double-height space) has been replaced and slightly simplified, but the sense of a sunburst is still very strong. What you can't tell from this picture is that the arch at the top of that window echoes a vaulted space inside.